When I was diagnosed at a VA hospital (Seattle) in the packet of info they gave me was 1 sheet of paper that simply said that if you were in Korea in 1968 or 1969 you may be eligible for benefits. I went online and found they sprayed along the DMZ, and around Panmunjom. Although I was with Armed Forces Radio in Seoul, I visited Panmunjom on the day of the release of the USS Pueblo. I filed a claim, and they called me within a couple of days and basically said "prove it." I went on Facebook and within a day found 3 people I had known 40 years ago who agreed to support my claim. Then I found my CO on Facebook and within 3 days all 4 people wrote supporting statements, including the CO who quoted from his After-Action report putting me on the bus to Panmunjom. 10 days after sending it all in, I had my surgery. By the time I returned from the hospital, my first disability payment had been direct deposited. The entire process, from my the filing of my statement of facts to direct deposit was 3 weeks. This all started last April. The moral of the story is, if you were there, and can prove it, you get it. You don't have to have been stationed there (although if you are on the list of approved units you're automatically approved) but then you must prove you were there during that time period.PSA 2.1 on AvodartBiopsy: 1 of 12 cores positive >5%, Gleason 8open RP: 05/10/2010 Dr. Gary Steinhoff, Victoria BCPathology: pT2c Gleason 3 (80%) 4(20%)=7, no lymph invasion, no extraprostatic extension, negative margins, tumor 5% of tissue.Nerve bundles removed (based on original Gleason 8)Incontenence: 6+pads for 9 weeks, dropped to 3 pads in 1 day.First PSA >.01Urethral Stricture requiring additional surgery Aug 20 (darn! If I'd known I was 80% Gleason 3 I could have gone for the robot, saved the nerve bundles and bypassed the stricture issue! In my next life, I'm having that biopsy sample checked twice!)